Sean M. Berkowitz

Sean Berkowitz is global Chair of the firm's Litigation Department and a trial lawyer who focuses on complex litigation and regulatory investigations. In addition, he has extensive experience in developing creative strategies to solve the issues that confront today’s corporations and executives. He has an established record of successfully resolving cases at trial and via dispositive motions in a wide variety of subject areas, including securities fraud, antitrust and unfair competition.

In addition to his trial work, Mr. Berkowitz also represents multinational companies, boards of directors and individuals involved in criminal or regulatory investigations throughout the world, with an emphasis on international commercial compliance with US laws, securities fraud and whistleblower allegations.

Mr. Berkowitz is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has received numerous awards and accolades, including:

Selected by peers for inclusion in TheBest Lawyers in America 2014 for Criminal Defense: White Collar

Leading lawyer for General Commercial Litigation, Chambers USA 2011-2014

Attorney General Award for Exceptional Service - highest award given to a Department of Justice employee

Multiple special achievement awards from the Department of Justice

Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr. Berkowitz served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Department of Justice and served as director of the special task force created to investigate the Enron corporate scandal. He also served as lead prosecutor in the criminal case against Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Before joining the Enron Task Force, Mr. Berkowitz served as an Assistant United States Attorney and later as Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section for the United States Attorney's office in the Northern District of Illinois.

Mr. Berkowitz's experience includes representation of:

Manouch Moshayedi, the former Chairman and CEO of sTec, Inc., in one of the largest insider trading actions brought by the SEC, where the jury returned a complete defense verdict

Registered investment advisor and publicly traded company in a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation

Numerous public companies and individual officers in regulatory investigations and actions brought by the SEC

Pharmaceutical company in a successful multi-week antitrust trial against the Federal Trade Commission

Fortune 100 company and individually named officers in federal securities fraud and insider trading class action, where the court granted summary judgment in favor of our clients a month before trial

Numerous public companies in securities fraud class actions throughout the country

Numerous public companies and individual officers in regulatory investigations and actions brought by the SEC

Public and private companies in internal investigations across multiple jurisdictions in connection with cross-border business activities involving potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”)